If a hearing is requested on a timely basis—the hearing shall be held (as
determined by the medical care entity) before an arbitrator mutually
acceptable to the physician and the medical care entity, before a hearing
officer who is appointed by the entity and who is not in direct economic
competition with the physician involved, or before a panel of individuals who
are appointed by the entity and are not in direct economic competition with
the physician involved. (sec. 11112)